Born Painting Miniatures

It's about time that I finally finish the miniatures for Wiz-War by Fantasy Flight Games.  This newer version of the classic "wizards playing capture the flag in a labyrinth" game was released in 2012 and features detailed miniatures and lots of colorful artwork on the components. With a bit of a Magic the Gathering feel and awesome looking pieces, this game became one of my favorites.  I quickly got to painting the miniatures and as more content was released in expansions, the cards got sleeved and all the cardboard bits got organized. I was very excited to break this game back out again and get some games in.  I realized I hadn't quite finished everything that I had planned to do with the figures and that some of the paint had chipped off despite having been over-coated. The basing is simply sand glued on and painted to match the stone floor of the game board. To finish off the set the creatures were based, the paint chips were fixed, and all the models ...

The force is strong with this one!   This week I fell even more in love with Star Wars Legion from fantasy flight games as my commissioned project was the Imperial models from the core set.  The set included 14 storm troopers, 2 bikes and Vader.  As expected from fantasy flight, the models for Legion are stellar hard plastic and a blast to assemble and paint. My technique for the troopers: airbrush white, nun oil wash, airbrush white and add details.  Simple, effective and fun. For the basing I applied the following: a sand layer, watered down brown, dry brush of baneblade brown, dry brush of ivory, agrax earth shade wash, and patches of scorched earth.   Since this is to be featured in a miniatures event in a few weeks at a friendly local gaming store, I went ahead and did some simple airbrushing on the barricades, templates and range ruler. Of course Vader and the speeder bikes needed some attention too.  T...